"...I needed Pat's physical presence, but more than that it was her unbending, immutable belief in me that I couldn’t bear to be without at this most intense of moments. I’d never felt anything like this in my life, never comprehended the sheer enormity of this birthing energy... I was riding the most majestic, writhing and ferocious of dragons and I needed Pat to help me stay on its back!!!"

Sophie Bashford